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Stocks Waver on Mixed Data U.S. stocks flitted between small gains and losses after a mixed round of housing and manufacturing data hurt investor sentiment. More from MarketBeat Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Dow Closes Down 93 Points Concerns about a potential restructuring of Greek debt and troubling profit reports from Gap and Aeropostale weighed on investor sentiment. News Hub: Stocks Fall for Third Straight Week More from the MarketBeat blog Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

U.S. Stocks Waver U.S. stocks wavered as a round of discouraging economic data offset bullish feeling over a near doubling in LinkedIn's stock on its first day of trading. More from the MarketBeat blog Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

U.S. Stock Futures Pare Gains U.S. stock futures were buoyed by strong earnings from Dell and Target. Investors await minutes from the Fed's April meeting. MarketBeat: Stocks to Watch | Morning Links MarketWatch: The Dow Is Not Dead Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

U.S. Stock Futures Rise U.S. stock futures rose following U.S. consumer-price data that met expectations and as economic growth for the euro zone topped estimates. More From MarketBeat Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Commodities Help Stocks Turn It Around Stocks tacked on gains Thursday afternoon, reversing sharp morning losses, as commodities rebounded and defensive stocks strengthened. Heard: Use Discretion on Gasoline Prices Commodities Skid Is Test for Optimists Silver and Stocks: Another Good Call Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Stocks Extend Gains Stocks were on track for gains as investors drew encouragement from Microsoft's $8.5 billion deal for Skype Technologies. MarketBeat: Number of the Junk-Bond Beast Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Stocks Fall on Poor Data U.S. stocks fell on a disappointing set of weekly jobs data just one day ahead of the government's monthly payrolls report. Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Stocks Struggle at Start U.S. stocks opened generally lower, pressured by weak commodity prices and a softer-than-expected survey of private-sector employment growth. More from MarketBeat Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Spot prices for gold climbed to a record at midday in Asia on Monday, extending the metal's recent gains, as reports circulated that China may tap its $3 trillion foreign-exchange reserves stockpile to launch special commodity and forex funds to soak up excessive liquidity.

Spot prices for gold climbed to a record at midday in Asia on Monday, extending the metal's recent gains, as reports circulated that China may tap its $3 trillion foreign-exchange reserves stockpile to launch special commodity and forex funds to soak up excessive liquidity.

J&J Leads Stocks Higher U.S. stocks generally rose, boosted by Johnson & Johnson's earnings and signs of life in the troubled housing sector. More from the MarketBeat blog Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Futures Rise Ahead of Alcoa U.S. stock futures were slightly higher as investors prepared for the kick-off of earnings season. After the close: Alcoa. Warning Signs for Copper Market Euro Boosted by Policy Expectations Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Stocks Lose Early Advance Stocks retreated from an early advance following lackluster economic data and hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official. Markets Hub: Oil Spikes, Stocks Fall, More More from MarketBeat Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

GE Leads Drop in Stocks U.S. stocks fell as worries escalated about the financial impact of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. For Stocks, Worries Get Harder to Ignore MarketBeat: Market Watchers React to Earthquake Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

U.S. Stocks Fall U.S. stocks edged lower as Wall Street marked the second anniversary of the bull market's start. More from the MarketBeat blog Traders Shrug Off Oil's Spike News Hub: Bull Market Hits Birthday #2 Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Banks Boost Stocks Soaring bank stocks led the broader market higher as Bank of America raised hopes that it will increase dividends and share buybacks. Crude-oil prices dropped. More from MarketBeat blog Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Energy Stocks Boost Dow U.S. stocks edged higher as energy companies rose on the back of higher oil prices. More from MarketBeat Vote: Is the market sustainable? Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

Futures Higher Ahead of Economic Data U.S. stock futures pointed to gains for Wall Street, as futures rose ahead of data on jobless claims and the non-manufacturing sector. More from MarketBeat blog Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

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